Individual Details
Dorcas Whiting
(14 Oct 1704 - 5 Sep 1778)
Dorcas Whiting married Benjamin Ruggles and had 8 children:
Benjamin Ruggles, Dorcas Ruggles, Mary Ruggles, Whiting Ruggles, Lucy Ruggles, Betsey Ruggles, Martha Ruggles, Nancy Ruggles
Benjamin Ruggles, Dorcas Ruggles, Mary Ruggles, Whiting Ruggles, Lucy Ruggles, Betsey Ruggles, Martha Ruggles, Nancy Ruggles
Events
| Birth | 14 Oct 1704 | Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |  |  | |
| Marriage | 30 Dec 1725 | Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts - Rev. Benjamin Ruggles | | | |
| Death | 5 Sep 1778 | New Braintree, Worcester County, Massachusetts | |||
| Burial | New Braintree Church Cemetery, Worcester County, Massachusetts | | |
Families
| Spouse | Rev. Benjamin Ruggles (1700 - 1782) |
| Child | Benjamin Ruggles Jr. (1726 - 1795) |
| Child | Mary Ruggles (1728 - 1799) |
| Child | Dorcas Ruggles (1731 - ) |
| Child | Whiting Ruggles (1733 - 1796) |
| Child | Elizabeth Ruggles (1735 - 1821) |
| Child | Martha Ruggles (1737 - 1826) |
| Child | Lucy Ruggles (1740 - 1814) |
| Child | Samuel Ruggles (1742 - 1818) |
| Child | Joseph Ruggles (1743 - 1815) |
| Child | Betsey Ruggles (1745 - 1795) |
| Child | Nancy Ruggles (1759 - ) |
| Father | Samuel Whiting III (1663 - 1715) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Reed (1662 - 1717) |
| Sibling | Samuel Whiting (1687 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Whiting (1689 - 1727) |
| Sibling | Katherine Whiting (1691 - 1731) |
| Sibling | Leonard Whiting (1693 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Whiting (1695 - 1757) |
| Sibling | Mary Whiting (1701 - ) |
| Sibling | John Whiting (1706 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Dorkis WhitingSex Female
Birth Date 14 Oct 1704
Birthplace Dunstable, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
Birthplace (Original) Dunstable Twp, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, United States
Father's Name Samuel Whiting
Mother's Name Elizabeth
Event Type Birth
The above birth record was certified correct by Arthur L. Cyr, Clerk of Nashua County, New Hampshire, on July 25, 1905.
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Doriks Whiting
Sex Female
Birth Date 14 Oct 1704
Birthplace Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Father's Name Samuel Whiting
Mother's Name Elizebeth
Event Type Birth
Marriage
Benjamin RugglesSex Male
Spouse's Name Dorcass Whiting
Spouse's Sex Female
Marriage Date 30 Dec 1725
Marriage Place Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Marriage Place (Original) Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Event Type Marriage
Burial
Inscription:In memory of/ Mrs. Dorcas amiable Consort/ Rev. Benj. Ruggles who died/ Sep. 5, 1778 in y 76th year/ of her age.
In her was seen y loving &/ affectionate Wife, y tender & indulgent/ Mother, y faithfull & sympathetic Friend/ y meek & humble Christian/ who lead a pious life, & died a joyful Death/ The memory of the flesh(?) is blessed.
Endnotes
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4. "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH7F-Q2G : accessed 28 Oct 2013), Benjamin Ruggles and Dorcass Whiting, 30 Dec 1725..
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6. Find A Grave Memorial# 94252260.